Retraction Note
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Retraction Note: Undertreatment of breast cancer in the elderly

  • Nicola Rocco1,
  • Corrado Rispoli2,
  • Gennaro Pagano3,
  • Silvio Ascione3, 4,
  • Rita Compagna5,
  • Michele Danzi5,
  • Antonello Accurso5 and
  • Bruno Amato5Email author
BMC SurgeryBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201616:25

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-016-0140-7

©  Rocco et al. 2016

Received: 10 March 2016

Accepted: 30 March 2016

Published: 28 April 2016

The original article was published in BMC Surgery 2013 13:1

This article [1] has been retracted by the authors due to significant overlap with a previous publication by Malik et al., 2013 [2]. Gennaro Pagano was not involved in the study and was introduced into the author list in error by the corresponding author. All authors, including Gennaro Pagano, have subsequently agreed that he did not qualify for authorship. The remaining authors apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Notes

The online version of the original article can be found at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S26.

Notes

Declarations

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Authors’ Affiliations

(1)
Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan
(2)
Department of General Surgery, Cardinale Ascalesi Hospital - ASL NA1
(3)
Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University “Federico II” of Naples
(4)
Private Practice, Palazzo Donn’Anna
(5)
Department of General, Geriatric, Oncologic Surgery and Advanced Technologies, University “Federico II” of Naples

References

  1. Rocco N, Rispoli C, Pagano G, Ascione S, Compagna R, Danzi M, Accurso A, Amato B. Undertreatment of breast cancer in the elderly. BMC Surg. 2013;13 Suppl 2:S26. doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-S2-S26.View ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar
  2. Malik MK, Tartter PI, Belfer R. Undertreated breast cancer in the elderly. J Cancer Epidemiol. 2013;2013:893104.View ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar

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